The 8 best-dressed men of the week

Bar of the week: Clean Air Bar with Ketel One vodka

Every week, we scour the city to find the best bars our capital has to offer. Whether you're a cocktail kind of guy, or a man who enjoys a decent draft beer, there's a GQ-worthy drinking spot to suit every taste.

The 8 best-dressed men of the week

Bar of the week: Clean Air Bar with Ketel One vodka

Every week, we scour the city to find the best bars our capital has to offer. Whether you're a cocktail kind of guy, or a man who enjoys a decent draft beer, there's a GQ-worthy drinking spot to suit every taste.

Get your hands off her, Van Dyke. If any feckless fake cockney is going to promenade Mary Poppins then that feckless fake cockney is going to be me. I write of the fragrant Julie Andrews, and a crush that only strengthens through the years.

It was, of course, as Maria in The Sound Of Music that she first caught my attention. Seemingly as pure an Alpine stream but as dull as overcooked schnitzel, from the start my idée fixe was the paradox of her (to me, clear) sexuality and her moral goodness. I'm not usually a fan of the button nose, more often drawn to the aquiline majesty of such mega-schnozzes as Babs Streisand or Gillian Anderson, but what to others would seem an unremarkable face is to me a mask that hides a wanton carnality the size of Salzburg.

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In Mary Poppins she has the same authority, but this time emboldened with genuine sass. There is one particular "whoop!" near the end of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" that carries the coded libidinous oomph of a dozen Nicki Minaj videos. She teases Van Dyke relentlessly throughout. Tough luck, mate: you're not good enough for her.

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Andrews is never reduced to the pathetically innocent nor the merely world-weary. Instead, there is an indomitable beneficence that somehow enhances her obtuse but undeniable hotness.

She has aged fantastically well, too. In the morality play of

10, I could never see why Dudley Moore wasted his time on the rubbery Bo Derek when he had a craven, frustrated Andrews waiting for his attention.

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Look. She's good with children; has her own transportation (flying umbrella); can operate puppets; and she's a knockout at karaoke. She'll probably dress up as a nun if you're into that sort of thing. Practically perfect in every way.